#4CB8CE#4CB8CE

#4CB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CE
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -24.11, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 31.51, 220.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0854 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.102 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2570, 40.2704, 64.5062)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CE #CE624C

analogous

#4CCEA3 #4CB8CE #4C77CE

triadic

#4CB8CE #CE4CB8 #B8CE4C

tetradic

#4CB8CE #A34CCE #CE624C #77CE4C

square

#4CB8CE #A34CCE #CE624C #77CE4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CE #CE4C77 #CEA34C

monochromatic

#226E7D #2F98AD #4CB8CE #7CCBDB #ACDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4CB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddd',
    500: '#4cb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ce;
$custom-light: #8ccddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CE

secondary

#D6A9A0

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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